Last Updated: 30 May 2025
Direct School Admission (DSA-Sec): Attend interviews, auditions or trials
2. Selection outcomes
Your child will find out whether they have been selected by Thursday, 4 September 2025. There are 3 possible outcomes and some students may receive offers from multiple schools:
| Confirmed Offer |
Your child has a reserved place in the secondary school. To gain admission, your child will still need to:
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| Wait List |
Your child may be given a reserved place in the school if other students with confirmed offers did not take up the offer. Your child will still need to:
In previous years, about half of the students on the schools’ wait lists were eventually given a place. |
| Unsuccessful |
Your child has not been given a place through the DSA-Sec, and must take part in S1 Posting, if eligible. |
Students with a confirmed offer or on a wait list will be able to submit up to 3 school preferences from 9am on Monday, 27 October 2025 to 3pm on Friday, 31 October 2025.
Related questions
- How many DSA-Sec offers can students receive if they have applied to two talent areas from the same school?
- If 2 applicants are placed on the school’s Wait List and both have indicated the school as their 1st choice, who will be allocated first?
- If my child is offered a DSA-Sec place in a secondary school, do they need to meet the school’s cut-off-point for Secondary 1 Posting?